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joke
4 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural jokes
plural jokes
Learner's definition of JOKE
[count]
1
a : something said or done to cause laughter玩笑
- She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously.她本想开个玩笑，很多人却当真了。
- Is this your idea of a joke? [=do you think that what you are saying/doing is funny?]你觉得这很好笑吗？
- They played a harmless joke on him.他们跟他开了个无伤大雅的玩笑。
- They are always making jokes about his car.他们总是拿他的车开玩笑。
- He thought he could embarrass us, but now the joke is on him. [=he is the one who looks foolish]他本以为会使我们难堪，现在他自己倒成了笑柄。
- He just can't take a joke. [=he does not like it when other people make jokes about him]他就是开不起玩笑。
b : a brief story with a surprising and funny ending笑话 — see also in-joke, practical joke
- I heard a funny joke yesterday.昨天我听到一个有趣的笑话。
- the punch line of a joke笑话里的妙语
- She's always cracking/telling jokes.她总爱说笑话。
- I didn't get/understand the joke.我不明白这有什么好笑的。
- an inside joke [=a joke that is understood only by people with special knowledge about something]圈内笑话
2
disapproving : someone or something that is not worth taking seriously荒唐可笑的人（或事）；笑柄；笑料
- That exam was a joke.那场考试很荒唐。
- Their product became a joke in the industry.他们的产品在业内成了笑柄。
- He's in danger of becoming a national joke.他恐怕要成为全民笑柄。
- It's no joke to be lost in the woods. = Being lost in the woods is no joke. [=being lost in the woods is a serious situation]在树林中迷路可不是闹着玩的。
2 joke /ˈʤoʊk/ verb
jokes; joked; joking
2 joke
/ˈʤoʊk/
verb
jokes; joked; joking
Learner's definition of JOKE
: to say things that are meant to cause laughter : to make jokes about someone or something说笑话；开玩笑
[no object]
- My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work.朋友们总是拿我上班时不得不穿的那件制服开玩笑。
- She joked about the possibility of losing her job.她开玩笑说自己可能会失业。
- I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it.他说可能会辞职，我当时以为他是在开玩笑，结果他却是认真的。
- Don't take it seriously: I was only joking.别当真，我不过是在开玩笑。
- She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech.演讲结束后，她和记者们说笑了一会儿。
- “The report is to be done by tomorrow.” “You're joking.” = “You must be joking.” [=you must be kidding; what you say is very surprising or hard to believe]“这篇报告最迟明天完成。”“你一定是在开玩笑吧。”
- It's no joking matter. [=it is no joke; it is a serious matter]这不是闹着玩的。
[+ object]
- She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job.她开玩笑说如果自己失业了，总还能当个卡车司机。
joking aside
or British joking apart — used to introduce a serious statement that follows a humorous statement言归正传；说正经的
- It looks like this is a job for Superman! But joking aside, this is a serious problem and we're going to need help.这看上去是超人才做得了的工作啊！不过说真的，这活可不轻松，我们需要帮助。
1
a
: something said or done to provoke laughter
especially : a brief oral narrative with a climactic humorous twist
b(1)
: the humorous or ridiculous element in something
(2)
: an instance of jesting : kidding
c
d
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun She meant it as a joke, but many people took her seriously. They played a harmless joke on him. They are always making jokes about his car. I heard a funny joke yesterday. the punch line of a joke I didn't get the joke. That exam was a joke. Their product became a joke in the industry. He's in danger of becoming a national joke. Verb My friends would joke about the uniform I had to wear at work. She joked about the possibility of losing her job. I thought he was joking when he said he might quit, but it turned out that he really meant it. Don't take it seriously: I was only joking. She spent a few minutes joking with reporters after giving her speech. She joked that she could always get work as a truck driver if she lost her job. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Mark Naida, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Okay, at least Yaya is given one good joke in this movie. Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022 The right person for you will be someone who doesn’t make negative comments as a joke to undermine you. Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 The name stuck as the scene ate itself and the joke wore off. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022 Will Harry’s joke about the situation finally quell the endless social media jokes? Joe Lynch, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022 Styles continued his monologue, letting out a giggle about his spit joke. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022 First of all, the organ harvest joke writes itself. The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 And there isn’t a lawyer joke that every lawyer has not heard. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Margus was a father, a school bus aide, a fun guy who liked to joke around. Silvia Foster-frau, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 The internet was quick to joke that Camila Morrone, who turned 25 in June, had aged out of the Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriend experience, as the actor has never publicly dated a woman over the age of 25. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022 The revolving door only accelerated in the 20th century, allowing Istrians to joke that anyone born there before the First World War could have traveled to four different countries without leaving their home village. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022 The trope is well known; however, the inversion opened the floor for people to take a jab at the dynamic or to joke about a meme format that has already gone stale. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 During a speech in Romania last week, Orban also appeared to joke about the Holocaust while making a reference to reducing European demand for natural gas. Rick Klein, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2022 His presence prompted head coach Kevin Stefanski to joke Conklin might have just slept at the team’s practice facility. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022 Thoroughly steeped in supernatural transformations, the siblings are unfazed by his unusual physicality, more likely to joke about it than to point out its strangeness. Crispin Long, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022 See More
Noun
After the incident, a joke went around that someone had knocked a beer can into the reactor. Mark Naida, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 Okay, at least Yaya is given one good joke in this movie. Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2022 The right person for you will be someone who doesn’t make negative comments as a joke to undermine you. Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022 The name stuck as the scene ate itself and the joke wore off. Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2022 Will Harry’s joke about the situation finally quell the endless social media jokes? Joe Lynch, Billboard, 8 Sep. 2022 Styles continued his monologue, letting out a giggle about his spit joke. Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022 First of all, the organ harvest joke writes itself. The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022 And there isn’t a lawyer joke that every lawyer has not heard. Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Verb
Queen Elizabeth didn't only joke around with Paddington Bear and James Bond. Phil Boucher, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Margus was a father, a school bus aide, a fun guy who liked to joke around. Silvia Foster-frau, Washington Post, 17 May 2022 The internet was quick to joke that Camila Morrone, who turned 25 in June, had aged out of the Leonardo DiCaprio girlfriend experience, as the actor has never publicly dated a woman over the age of 25. Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2022 The revolving door only accelerated in the 20th century, allowing Istrians to joke that anyone born there before the First World War could have traveled to four different countries without leaving their home village. Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Aug. 2022 The trope is well known; however, the inversion opened the floor for people to take a jab at the dynamic or to joke about a meme format that has already gone stale. María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 During a speech in Romania last week, Orban also appeared to joke about the Holocaust while making a reference to reducing European demand for natural gas. Rick Klein, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2022 His presence prompted head coach Kevin Stefanski to joke Conklin might have just slept at the team’s practice facility. Dan Labbe, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022 Thoroughly steeped in supernatural transformations, the siblings are unfazed by his unusual physicality, more likely to joke about it than to point out its strangeness. Crispin Long, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Latin jocus; perhaps akin to Old High German gehan to say, Sanskrit yācati he asks
First Known Use
Noun
1670, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Verb
1670, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense
Time Traveler
The first known use of joke was in 1670 Phrases Containing joke
noun
verb
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